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SHAFT TIP. No. 340,091. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

NE$SES1 INVEiITOR e BY ATTORNEY i-Il N. PETERS. Phowmhogrzphor. Washington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM B. BROOKS, OF WVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE \VATERBURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHAFT-TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,091, dated April 20, 1886. Application filed February 12, 1886. Serial No. 191.719. (No model.)

To a, whom, 2'1- nmy concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM B. BROOKS, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaft- Tips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in shaft-tips; and it consists in a tip made of thin metal and having its open end bent outward for the abutment against it of the forward edge of the leather covering of the shaft.

My invention further consists in a tip made oftnin metal. and having its open end thrown outward to form a hollow bead, against the outer edge of which the forward edge of the leather covering of the shaft abuts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the end of a shaft provided with my improved tip, and showing the abutment of the forward edgeofthe leather covering of the shaft against the outer edge of a bead formed by throwing out the open end of the tip, and Fig. 2 is a view showing the tip and leather covering in longitudinal section.

As herein shown, the open end of the tip A is thrown out to form a hollow bead, B, having its outer edge, C, turned inward to form the face D for the forward edge, F, of the leather covering of the shaft to abut against, the outer surface of the bead being knurled, and the tip being formed of light stock. The outwardly bent or thrown portion of the tip should stand off from the shaft as much as or more than any of the thicknesses of leather ordinarily applied thereto, so that whatever may be the thickness of the leather within the ordinary limits a good and neat fit may be secured between it and the tip by abutting its forward edge against the outwardly bent or ever paring as is necessary with thrown portion thereof without or skiving the leather,

the tip immaterial to the fit between the tip and the leather. and as it greatly increases the strength and stiffness of the tip. the same may be made of lighter stock than it has been possible to use heretofore in shaft-tips, whereby my invention secures a saving in stock and in the expense of working it. Furthermore, the facility with which my improved tip is applied, paring orskiving being done away with, makes it a cheaper tip to use than the ordinary article.

I am aware that a shaft tip made of heavy metal cutaway to form an interior chamber in its open end, adapting it to fit over the leather, and having its forward edge beveled is not new. I do not, therefore, broadly claim a metallic shafttip adapted to protect the leather; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shaft-tip made of thin metal, and having its open end bent outward for the forward edge of the leather covering of the shaft to abut against, substantially as set forth.

2. A shaft-tip made of thin metal, and having its forward end thrown outward to form a head, against the outer edge of which the forward edge of the leather covering of the shaft abuts, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. B. BROOKS.

Vv'itnesses:

JAMES H. ANDERSON, R. J. ASHWORTH. 

